First Coast Connect

Viral video shows JSO officer punching motorist


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Still images taken from a viral video show 22-year-old William McNeil Jr. after JSO officers break his driver side window and strike him in the head. (William McNeil Jr. / X)

A viral video released Sunday shows a Jacksonville sheriff’s officer shattering a motorist’s window and hitting him in the face, before pulling him from the car and punching him again. On Monday, Sheriff TK Waters responded publicly, saying the police body cam tells a very different story. We ask the sheriff about the video, the resulting blowback and the investigation that still lies ahead.

Guest:

  • Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters.

Then, we talk to two former JSO officers about what the viral video shows — and doesn’t show — as well as why the police report doesn’t mention the physical assault and what kind of administrative punishment the officer might face. The motorist has retained prominent civil rights attorneys Harry Daniels and Ben Crump. The sheriff says an internal investigation is underway.

Guests:

  • Tom Hackney, former director, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
  • Kim Varner, retired police detective with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

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